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HOOK AND EYELET SETTING MACHINE,

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RALPH C. SIMMONS, OE BEVERLY, I'viASSACHUSET'ZS, AiESIGNGR TC! UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATEBSGN, NEW JERSEY, A GGRFOILATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Application filed may 3, 1509.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH C. SIMMUNS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain 11nprovements in Hook and Eyelet Setting Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines for setting fasteners, such as eyelets, lacing hooks, rivets or the like, and more particnliiirly to machines for setting a plurality of dillerent kinds of fasteners in the quarters of boots and shoes.

Here'tofore When it was desired to set more than one kind of fastener, as, for instance,

eyelets and lacing hooks, or a, plurality of different styles or sizes of eyelets, the customary plan has, been to set the eyelets and lacing hooks, or the different styles or sizes of eyelets, on independent machines, each of which required the attention of an operative. Consequently, in such cases it was necessary, where eyelets and lacing'hooks were to he set in shoe quarters, to handle each quarter twice in order to supply it with its appropriate number of these fastenings. in the case of some shoes, in order to improve disappearance of the shoe, or for other rea-- sons, it was proposed to dispense with the usual row of lacing hooks and in lieu thereof to supply the shoe with eyelet-s of a given style or size along one part of the edge of the quarter and with eyelets of, another style or size along a different part. of such edge, it also was customary to use independent machines, one for each type of eyelet to be set, and every quarter in such case had to be handled as many times as there were machines for the several kinds of fasteners. The practice of setting these several kinds of fasteners on independent machines not only involved more expense hut necessarily consumed more time than "would be the case where all of such fasteners were set on a single machine, and hence it will he Obvious that a practical machine whose organization was such as to render it capable of setting automatically all of the l. ilg hooks and eyelets, or a ])ll1llll[ of kinds of eyelets, or other fasteners, simultaneously in the quarters of boots and shoes, would combine the Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 493.675,

' articles, and which will require a minimum amount of attention on the part of the operator.

The invention is herein shown as embodied in a machine of the gang type, and while in the preferred form the machine is arranged to set. a group of eyelets and a group of lac ing hook-i simulianeously in the material, it equally with n the scope of the invention 7 to so constr urt the =eiting mechanism of the nun'liinc that it set independent groups, of dilicrcnt my :1 :l eyelets, or other similar fasteners. simultaneously therein; it is also to he unclcrstooi'l that the embodiment ofthe invention in a machine of the gang type is illustrative only, and that many features of the invention are capable of use in machines tl at set single fasteners, or that set any desired proportionate numbers 0i a plurality of kinds of fasteners in material, and the irwenticn is not restricted to the particular typeof i'nachine. nor to the number orkinds of fasteners to he set. Preferably, also, in the embodiment .rred to the eyelet setting devices are t iii-aged in two gangs and the hook setting i'IlGTlfILF; are arranged in a single gang locathd between the gangs of eyelet setting: devices. whereby the right hand half of a quarter may be positioned with reference t no of the gangs (if-eyelet setting devices and the hook setting devices, and the lo" hand half of a quarter may be positioned with refciwiuice to the other gang of eyelet setting: devices and the hook setting devices, the screws! of the machine A =l1i2l11 2'8(l to first actueti in devices with one let setting devices and 1h s ting devices with sorting devices, al-

0 attendant to l and quarters of ition, the parts *i ma hine ill fl l'ioolis tif -13G! mailer; in each instance. in connection with this arrange-- ment I prefer to employ suitable gages to properly locate the quarters with reference to the setting devices, one gage being provided for each of the gangs of eyelet setting derives and being so located as to cooperate with the extreme outer edge of a right hand or a left hand quarter, respectively, other gages being provided, one to cooperate with the extreme inner edge of a right hand quarter, and the other to cooperate with the extreme inner edge of a left hand quarter, suitable automatic mechanism hci'ng con nected with the latter gages and serving to withdraw and advance the same alternately to and from position, whereby the gage which is out of operative position will not obstruct or interfere with the presentation of a quarter to the other of said gages, Preferably, also, adjusting means is employed in connection with such mechanism to control the amount of forward movement of these gagi" whereby the position of the work relatively to the setting devices may be determined. The parts are so timed that when the eyelet setting devices for a right hand quarter are in operation the appropri ate gpgc therefor is ai'lvanced to position and the gage for the left hand quarter is withdrawn, and vice versa.

In connection with each of the several gangs of setting devices above referred to, and to cooperate thorenitl'i, is pretm'ably employed an anvil, shown herein in the form of a plate, and under one arrangement of the invention the anvil plate for the hook setting devices is arranged below the plane of the anvil plate for the eyelet setting devices, so as to permit the leather and lining to be located upon its opposite sides, while both the leather and lining may be located below the an il plates for the eyelet setting devices. By this arrangement the machine sets blind hooks, or hooks that are set through the leather only, while the eyelets are set; through both the leather and lining; but, while preferred, the invention not limited to this form, as 1 may employ a single anvil plate which wil be common to the several gangs and will enable the hooks as well as the eyelets to be set through all of the layers of material, or any number of such layers.

A further Feature of im iiortance in connection with the setting devices and their anvils. is a work support to sustain the material which receives the lastcnings the same being preferably located in position and serving to support the an'vils, and be ing. furthermore. under one form ol the invention. eonsl' u' ted with grooves or lli1ilar clearance spaces whereby to prevent the fasteners when set from int rfering with the ready removal ot said material from the work support.

Still another important feature of the invention lies in a construction and arrangement of parts whereby the setting devices and their punches are mounted for moveients into and out of operative positions, which includes an improved means for permitting the adjustment of the lateral spacing of said devices so as to vary the distance between the fasteners being set. As herein illustrated, the machine is provided with a plurality of movable carriers each compris ing two members, connected for lateral movements relatively to each other. one of said members carrying a punch and setting device, and the other of said members having connected thereto suitable actuating mechanism.

A desirable form of actuating mechanism would comprise a series of segmental gears, one for each of the gangs of setting devices, to be driven by suitable mechanism from the main power shaft, said gears being in mesh with movable racks which are arranged for sliding movements on guides supported by the said members, whereby, when oscillating movements are imparted to said gears the carriers will move to and fro to carry the punches and setting devices into and out of stock-punching, and fas toner-receiving and setting positions rospcctively; and in order to provide for the varying distances to he traveled by the hook and eyelet setting devices in said movements which. is necessitated by the curvatures of the front edges of shoe quarters, yielding means may be interposed between said racks and said members of the carrier. Preferably. the actuated members of the carriers are each provided with a recess of a form and size to cooperate with two pins, or other like stop devices, located on the work support and so arranged as to limit the movements of the carrier in opposite directions, whereby to determine the operative position for the punch, and the operative position for the setting device, respectively. Each of said carriers is also adapted to he stopped in an intermediate position between those above referred to in order to permit its setting device to receive fasteners front the raceway, and for this purpose a stop is provided which is arranged to be projected by suitable mechanism so as to arrest the movement of the carrier at the proper time, and tobe withdrawn for permitting the movements of the carrier beyond the intermediate position to either of its other positions, as hereinbcforc referred to.

liy reason of the movable connection between the members of the carrier, the outer or freely movable members carrying the punches and setting devices may swing or more laterally, and the lateral positions oi said members are, preferably, controileil by yielding mums, such as springs, which may extend from a suitable point on the mem bers to a fixed part of the machine and will act to hold the sides of the recesses of said members against the stop pins hereinbefore. described. By this arrangement the spacing of the fasteners, and also the character of the curve upon which they are set, may

. be altered by substituting for the work support in use an interchangeable work support provided with stop pins which are located on the desired curve and spaced apart a distance corresponding to the spacing desired for such fasteners, and the yielding i means will hold the movable members to the'positions determined by said stop pins.

The punches, eyelet sets, and hook sets,

= the anvil plates, and serve to resist the pressure imparted thereto by the punches and sets. 1

Under another form of the invention the machine is constructed to set two different styles or sizes of eyelets simultaneously, as, for example. oval, or other irregularly shaped eyelets. and circular eyelets, the oval.

eyelet setting devices being preferably provided in two gangs and the circular eyelet setting device in a single gang located between the gangs of oval eyelet setting devices. Under this arrangement a shoe quarter may be presented to one of the gangs of oval eyelet setting devices, and to the gang of circular evelet setting devices, and the machine will cfl'ect the simultaneous setting of the two kinds of eyelets therein. and. as in the preferred embodiment of the invention. the actuating mechanism of the nun-lune is so constructed that during each cvcle of the machine's operation the intermediate gang of setting devices will be operatcd sinniltanr-ouslv with one of the outer gang of setting devices, which latter are o mmtcd alt -rudely. wherclv the machine sets pluralitv of the two kinds of eyelets, first in one half 0! the quarter, as the right hal and then in the other or left halt of the rpuirljcr. as these parts of the shoe are pre...rred a, wrnatclv to the machine. It

vi 5? be oh ions. furthermore. that by merely changing the towns of the setting devices, the machine may operate in the same manner to sceni in the stock a plurality of any kinds of c} c ots that may be desired.

Gther features of the invention, including their controlling means.

important details of construction and combinations of parts, will be hereinafter more particularly "described and claimed.

Figural is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken through the center of a machine illustrating one embodiment of this invention. Fig. 2- is a detail view, partly sectional, illustrating the movablegagcs and Fig. 3 is a detail view. in side elevation. of one of the gageopcrating levers and its controlling means. Fig. i is a detail view showing one of the movable gages in side elevation. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing one of the controlling plates for the carriers. Fig. 6 is a view in elevation ol the machine shown in Fig. 1, looking from the front. Fig. 7 is a view in elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1. looking from the rear. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the work support, the anvils and associated parts, showing a. shoe quarter in position. Fig. 9 is a view of the same parts in front elevation. Fig. 10 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line r0-.c, Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a similar view illustrating a modification oi the anvil plates. Fig. 12 is a detail view in plan showing a part of one ofthe hook set carriers. Fig. 13 is a similar view of one of the eyelet set carriers. Fig. 14 is a detail view in elevation, partly sectional. of the work support, anvil, and part of a hook set carrier, showing a hook set in hook-receiving, and also in booksetting position. Fig. 15 is a similar view showing an eyelet set carrier with the set in eyelet-receiving position. Fig. 16 shows one of the punches and its springs in side elevation. Fig. 17 is a similar view of one of the eyelet sets. Fig. 18 is a'similar view of one of the hook sets. Fig. 19 is a detail view, partly sectional, of a hook sct bed plate, and the guiding means therefor. Fig. 20 is a detail view in elevation of a hook set and its bed plate. Fig. 21 is a 'view in elevation, partly in vertical transverse section, of the hopper for the lacing hooks. Fig. 22 is a longitudinal section of the lacing hook hopper, on the line yy, Fig. 21. Fig. 23 is a. diagrammatic view. illustrating the position occupied by the carriers when the hook sets and eyelet sets are in setting relation to the anvils. Fig. 2i is a diagrammatic view illustrating the position of the carriers when the punches are in operative relation to the anvils. Fig. 25 is a diagrammatic view il ustrating the intermediate, or lastener-receiving position of the carriers. Fig. 28 is a detail view. in front elevation, of the hook separator and associated parts. Fig. 27 is a vcrt :al transverse section, taken on the line Fig. 26, looking toward the left. Fig. is a similar section, somewhat enlarged, taken on a plane to the left of the plane of Fig. 27. and showing the operative relation of the hook separator to the hooks in the raceway. Fig. 29 is an enlarged view, in transverse section, of the hook separator. Fig. 30 is a side elevation of the machine, illustrating a clutch, and the clutchcontrolhng mechanism. Fig. 31 is a detail view showing the lower ends of the eyelet raceways. Fig. 32 is a longitudinal sectional view, similar to Fig. 1, illustrating a modified form of "machine designed to set two different kinds of eyelets. Fig. 33 is a plan view of the work support, the anvils and associated parts for use in connection with such machine. Fig. 34 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line ww, Fig. 33. Fig. 35 is a view in elevation, partly sectional, showing one of the sets for oval or other irregularly shaped eyelets locatedin eyelet-receiving position at the end of a raceway, and having an eyelet upon its spindle, together with a portion of the carrier for such set.

Referring to Figs. 1, 6, 7 and 30, the machine therein illustrated is shown as being supported upon a frame 18 which carries a main driving shaft 62. The driving shaft 62 carries a loose pulley 60, to be driven by a belt from any suitable source of power, and a clutch of any approved type may be employed to operatively connect said pulley and shaft. In Fig. 30 parts of a Horton clutch are shown, the usual roll collar of the clutch carrying two projections, 211 and 212, which are respectively arranged to engage a stop lever 206, shown as having a cushioning spring 206* to reduce the shock incident to arresting the movement of the parts. The lever 206 is pivoted at 208 to the machine frame, and as shown is held normally in position to be engaged by the projections, 211, or 212, by a spring 207, which connects said lever to the machine frame, a pin or other stop, 209, serving to limit the movements of the lever in opposition to said spring. A trip lever 205 having a shoulder 205*, is pivoted at 215 to a controlling lever 201, which latter is pivoted at 202 to the frame, and may be connected by a rod 200, or the like, to a foot treadle or other suitable operating device, said controlling lever being maintained in the position shown by a spring 203, which holds one of its arms against a suitable stop 204. The shoulder of the trip lever is arranged to be normally maintained in engagement with an errant the stop lever 206, by yielding means, as a spring 210, and an arm of said trip lever carries a lug 214. which is to be engaged by a cam 213, fast to a cam shaft 63.

When the parts are as shown in Fig. 30, the pulley 60 is loose-on the shaft 62, the clutch rolls having been forced out of clutching engagementby the actof the projection 211, when the same came into contact with the spring on the end of the stop lever 206. If the operator steps on the treadle part of the tions 211 or 212, the shoulder 205* is automatically withdrawn from engagement with said stop lever by the cam 213, one of the several rises thereon coming in contact with the lug 214 on the trip lever as the shaft 63 rotates. The machine is thereby brought to 9. etc at certain times in its operation irrespectlve of whether the operators foot remains. on the treadle or not, such times being determined by the number and location of the rises on the cam 213.

Preferably, in connection with the clutch described, a brake such as illustrated in Fig. 1 is employed to arrest the rotation of shaft 62. The arm 219, which is pivoted at 220 to the machine frame, carries a brake shoe 218, which coiiperates with a brake cam 217 fast on the shaft 62, the, brake cam having a suitable number of rises which are arranged at the proper points thereon to agree with the projections 211 and 212. A rod 223, pivoted to the frame, carries a spring 221 which is connected with the arm 219 and acts thereon to set the brake, and the inward movement of said arm is limited by an adjustable stop collar 222, so that the brake is inoperative except when the rises on the cam 217 are opposite the brake shoe. The shafts 62, 63 carry the cams for imparting to the various elements of the machine their respective operations, the construction and arrangement of which cams will be hereinafter particularly described.

The Work support 1, which is herein shown in the form of a plate, is securely fastened to the main frame 18 of the machine by screws or similar fastenings 147, and attached in suitable manner to the work support, under the embodiment shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10, are the plates 4, 5, 5, having upon their under surfaces the depressions 4" and 5 respectively, said plates being spaced a distance above the surface of the work support, as will appear from Fig. 10. The depressions in the plates 4, 5, are to coiiperate with the setting devices to be hereinafter described, and said plates are thereby made to constitute anvils. As will be seen, the anvil plate is located intermediate the two anvil plates 5, 5, and said plate 4 is provided for cooperation with the hook sets, while the plates 5, 5, are provided for cooperation with the eyelet sets.

gTh e en me t shownin F s 8, .3 wil jha s for one of dblectt ffi'ho setting blind hooks, or hooks thait aije secured to the leather "art of, theg'quartli 1.11% ,.5 [being upset orfc enched between the leather '1 andlining, wars the eyelets ieset through filt l y r dismi a the anvil plates'filiave their lower surfaces ,spaced at greater distance from the WOI'k 10 support than the lower surface of the plate '4, as will appear from Fig. 10, in which iew is shown a shoe quarter with its leather under and its lining over the hook setting anvil plate l, while both leather and lining ,15'nr'e under one of the eyelet setting anvil plates-,5. If it desired, however, to set the, hoolgs as "as the eyelets, completely through both the leather and'lining, a single. anvilplate 1 9., asshoivn in, Fig. 11, will 20.l"e provided, whose setting depressions extend over all of the setting devices, and are arranged at substantially a" uniform dis tance' therefrom? Referring toligs. 8, 9 and 10, the Work '2 support 1 is shown as provided with a series of groovesj23 alternating with ribs 22, the

grooves being located directly below the depressions in the anvll plates and serving 'to permit removal without obstruction of the 3:quartcrffirom thework support after the hooks and eyelets have been set. The Work support is also provided With appropriate openings (see Figs. 14 and directly be- .lOW and in alinernent with said depressions,

. for the entranceof the sets, and with the stop pins 3*? 3*, which are located below said grooves, andfora purposeto be hereinafter explalned.

The anvil plates and the sets for the hooks and eyelets to cooperate therewith, are pref eiably arranged in the manner shown in order to provide'for setting all the hooks and eyelets simultaneously, first upon a right hand quarter, and then upon a left hand quarter, and, as will be seen, the anvil plate 1 is used for both halves of a quarter, hile the anvil plates 5, 5, are used alternately, the evelets hcing set under one of the plates 5 for a. right hand quarter and under .5 the other of said plates for a left hand quarter. In connection with, this arrangement, the gages ('3, 6,.ina3 be provided to determine the position of the outer edges oi the quartors." said gages being adjustable, as shown, r I L k, 1 by the set screws 6 which pass through slots in said gages and are H1 threaded engage! quarter are actuated the gag'e approximate illustrated, the nn neral 16 ,whoseend i 18-. 9 s meme; e 11 -reuse said rod i their respective eccentrics.

i i e eteswse speeds are two sleeves 9, upon 3v lcltggaze clamped the arms 8 to which are adjustabl y secured the gages 7. Levers 10,. which are means, are formed or provided with the projections 1.1 at one end and at their opposite ends are loosely connected to linksl 12, which in turn are similarly connected to levers 140, the latter being pivoted to the machine frame at 141. The levers 140 carry rolls M2 which, as shown in Fig. 7, are arranged for operation by the cams hi3, located on the shaft 63. In order to control the extent of the advance movement of the gages 7, stop devices, herein shown as eccentrics 13, are located in position to come in contact with the projections 11, said eccentrics being preferably mounted at opposite ends of a rod 13 which is journaled in the machine frame and has a. handle 14, or other convenient means, whereby it may be turned to present different portions of the eccentrics to the projections. Yielding means, herein shown as springs 12", each having one end secured to i pin or other support 12!, and its opposite end secured to a lever 140, serve to normally exert a. force tending to move the gages to their forward or operative positions, with the projections in contact With By this construction it will be seen that on turning the handle 1% the projections 11 may be moved dill'erent distances from the axes of the eccentrics, and the amount of forward movement of the gages adjusted. Y

Referringto Figs. 1, l1 and 22, the numeral 25 indicates the hopper for the lacing hooks which is preferabl divided by partitions 25 into a pluralit of compartments corresvonding with the several raceways. As shown, each of these compartments has a picker plate 26 which is fast to a shaft and rotates therewith, and araceway 39 healing from each compartment is supplied with hooks by a picker plate, which separates them from the mass lying in the bottom of the hopper and deposits them on said raceway, l he shaft '27 i s shown as b ing arranged for intermittent otation by a one tooth gear (see dotted lines Fig. 312), which is mormtcd on a. shaft said shalt being driven from a pulley 43b}? a belt 43, which main shaft 6; through a pulley 58 and belt 55).

Referring to Figs. 1, and 26 to 29, inclu- SlX'G, the numeral 30 indicates a separator .th wis h'e e d rte n itipei and ek ates-ates vs i see is h liils u t q si h fiii i teri abi it es e 'esir ensue .Figs. 1, 2, 3 andli, \vhereimthis ihcc;

in turn is driven by apulley on the shaft receiving motion from the- .75 also clamped to the sleeves by suitable' for the lacing hooks, herein shown in the form of a tube and mounted in bearings 31 suitably located in the upper front portion of the machine frame and at a point near the discharge ends of the raceways 29, suitable means, as blocks 32, being preferably secured to the separator to prevent it from shifting laterally in its bearings. The tube 30 is cut away, or slotted,thr ough a portion of its circumference at points corresponding with the location of each raceway 29, leaving sections 30*, and the raceways are arranged in said slots in the manger shown in Fig. 28., By this construction, when the tube is oscillated, each section 30 thereof acts as a separator, permitting one hook at a time to drop by gravity from a raceway to the setting mechanism at every Os illation.

The actuating mechanism for the separator comprises a lever 33 which is clamped thereto, and a'rod 38 connected at one end to said lever and at its opposite end connected to a lever 39, pivoted to'the machine fraine at 40, and having an arm which carries a cam roll 42 to be operated by a cam 41 fast to the shaft 63. The separator lever 33 is cause to mo've in one direction by the cam 41, and in the opposite direction by a spring 34, which has an end secured to one of a series of spacing sleeves 35 located between the raceways 29 and on t'e shaft 36, and its other end secured to said lever.

The eyelets are supplied from a hopper 45, which may be of any desired type. As herein shown, it contains abrush 46 which is mounted to rotate with a stem 47 having secured thereto an arm 48 which is driven by an arm 48 carried by a bevel gear 49, the latter being driven by a pinion on a shaft 50, carrying a pulley 51 which receives motion from shaft ,53 through a belt 52.

The eyelets are forced by the brush through openings 58 in the side of the hopper, into the two sets of raceways 58 and 58, which lead, respectively, to the two gangs of'eyelet setting devices. Near their lower ends the raceways of each of said gangs are sup ported by a bridge 58, (Figs. 1 and 31), and the eyelets are retained in the'raceways by a series of springs 58, the free ends of which are preferably curved and bear against stop pins 58. The eyelet raceways and hopper are, as shown, mounted for pivotal movements on the machine frame as indicated at 55, and may be oscillated about such pivot by cams 56 on the shaft 53, which act against wear plates 57 secured to the raceways.

The punches, hook sets, and eyelet sets, are supported for movements into and out of the appropriate positions for the punches to punch the stock, and for the several sets to receive hooks or eyelets from the raceways, and to set said hooks or eyelets, by a series of carriers, which are also constructed to permit adjustments to vary the lateral spacing of the fastenings. These carriers each consist of two members, the forward one of which, 64, carries the punches and sets and is movably connected to the rear member 65 in suitable manner, as by a pivot pin 66, said forward member being provided with an extension which is supported for free sliding movements upon a table 144 rigidly sustainedby the machine frame. The carriers are arranged to be moved in opposite directions relatively to the front of the machine by three segmental gears 75 which mesh with a plurality of racks 72, sliding on rods 74 supported by the rear members of the carriers, there being a rack for each carrier and a gear for each of the several groups of carriers which, respectively, support one of the gangs of setting devices. Spiral springs or other cushioning means 73 are mounted on the rods and serve to yieldingly oppose the movementsof the racks 74 in opposite directions. One of the segmental gears and its rack is shown in Fig. 1 applied to a group of carriers, and it is to be understood that the others are substantial duplicates thereof. The several segmental gears are pivotally mounted on a shaft 76, secured to the machine frame, and have arms whereby said gears are connected through links 79 to levers 78, which latter carry cam rolls to cooperate with cam ways or grooves in three cams 77 fast on the shaft 63, a cam being provided for each gear 75.

The extreme forward and back, as well as the lateral positions, of the members 64 of the carriers are determined by the location of the several pairs of pins 3 and 3", secured to the work support, which enter recesses 100 in said members, as shown in Figs. 14 and 15. A series of springs 103 secured at one end to pins 105 on the frame, and at their opposite ends, 105, to said members, serve to yieldingly hold the members against the pins 3, 3 which bear against the side walls of said recesses, as shown in Fig. 25. When that part of the recesses indicated at 100 (Fig. 12) comes in contact with the pins 3", the carrier members 64 will be so positioned that the punches are located directly below the depressions in the anvil plates, as shown in Fig. 24, and when that part of the recesses indicated at 100" comes in contact with the pins 3, said members will be so positioned that the hook sets and the eyelet sets are located directly under said depressions, as shown in Fig. 23. As the carriers must move dilferent distances in order to position the sets for the hooks and eyelets along a line which agrees with the curvature of the front edge of a shoe quarter, certain of the carriers will be arrested in their movements bythe stop pins in advance of other carriers, the springs 73 L yielding. to permit. these di 1 movements. The work support 1 is able and it contemplated that it interchangeable with other work supports 5 having thestop pins thereon located on a rtlilferent curve, or spatial different distances apart, so; as to correspond with the de ired. spacings ol the fasteners as well as t 11$ curve upon which they are to be set, in anto vcordanre with variations in the style and. size of the shoe uppers or otlu-u articles to which the fasteners are to be ap i lical.

The intermediate position of the carriers, or'that in which the eyelets and hooks are I? picked off from the raceways and deposited 'in their respective sets, is controlled by a number of plates 80 secured to the warriors, and a like number of cooperating pins 81 Those pins are operated through arms 8'3 29 last to rock sl'ia'l't 82 which is oscillated by an arm 83 carrying a cam roll 85 located in a cam way 84 of a cam fast to the shaft 62. Vben the hook sets and eyelet sets are moved to position. under their respective 2a ra oeways, the pins are raised, by the niechanisn'i described, and enter the recesses 8QPgio thereby arrest the movement of the cagihiers until the hooks and eyelets have bejrilpioked off by their sets, when the pins 3% are withdrawn and the carriers are free to move forward to setting position. The in-- tern'lcdiate position of the carriers is illustrated in l igs. 1-l and 15, and (liagranimat call} in Fig. 7

Referring to Figs. 1-1 and 16. each. of the punches comprises a plunger or body portion 88 and a punch head 87. in Slll'lfiW'tlll'tialtlfltl or other suitable engagcn'lcnt therei 'ith, the plunger preferahl'y having an Opening: 95% 4a to communicate with an opening in the carrier, wherebyto discharge the punched material. As shown herein a groove 88 in the plunger engages a screw 88 in the carricr to guide the punch and to maintain the alinement (lf SC-lki openings. A spring ea surrounds each plunger and is arfaue vll to hear at its upper end against the carrier and atits lower end has bearing against a collar 91 fixed to the plunger, whereby the plunger r0-is heldnorinally within the :arricr. ,lhc plunger at its lower and carries a head 97 above which is a sliding eollar 95. and a strong spring 93 .is confined between the two collars to provirua a further cushioning @Tiimeansfor the set plate 145, which actuales the punches and sets the provision of such additional cushioning means serving to cont pensato for i'ariatiois in the thiekness of stock-tor 'lor any ruliustments to vary the figstrok-o of, 1 plate.

.;;Elz; -c'li-\(' f the 'L celct sets, (see Fig. 17). COIIIDE'lSQS a plunger 86* to whioh is secured by threads, or m' uivalent means, the setting head 86, Enid a spindle 86', having a shoul- @idorito engage the head, a spring Sh" ini'll'lg ronl'lueltl in, a recess in the phmger and actin to project the spindle to thereby cause said sluuihlor to bear against a shoulder on lll'itli. t eyelet plunger also proole-.1 with a spring JU, a fifiul collar 91, a head 98., a sliding collar 96, and a strong spring 91, all of which are similar in con- :--l.i'uclio11 and operation to like parts on the punch plungors.

Tho hook sets, shown in Figs. 1 18, 19 and 20, each comprise a plunger having a rectangular portion 110 and. a cylindrical portion 110 the rectangular portion being arranged to slide in a passage way of similar form in the carrier member (31-, to which the phmg -r may be confined by a plate 119 and :FllSLtItlllgS 119. The plunger is provided with a spring 113, a fixed collar 112, head 116, sliding collar 11:). and strong spring ll -l. similar in ronstruction and operation to like parts in the punches and eyelet sets but in this case the fixed collar is xrran cd a greater distance from the sliding collar on the plunger, and the strong spring llil: is lengthened somewhat, for a purpose to be described hereinafter. The setting head of the hook sets is preferably in the form of a bed plate 106, which pivoted to th plunger and is formed with an angular arm ha lug thereon :1 lug 109, to engage a cam slot or guirleway 117 in a block 11? which may be secured. to one of the hook set carriers by a screw 118, or the like. The bed plate is furthermore constructed with a shoulder 108 which serves to arrest and properly position the hooks thereon as they are received from the raceway. Loated at the upper extremity of the hook set plunger is an a rm or hearing mel'nber 109 to support the bed plate when the latter has been made to assume a horizontal position, or that in which the hooks are to be set against the anvil plate l.

\Yhen the carriers have been moved into position to locate the hook sets beneath the raceways 29, the hook set plungors are lowered. and the bed plates 1% stand in vertical positions by reason of the location of the lugs 1015 in the cam slots 117. The separator having released the hooks. the same then fall from the raceways upon the bed plates where they are retained by the shoulders 109. as shown in full lines in Fig. 11. The carriers are then advanced to position tho sets lwneath the depressions in the anvil plates and the sets are raised by the set plates fill-"L which thereby. through the can]. slots 1;. T and lugs 109. causes the bed plates carrying the hooks to turn and assume hon zon'lal positions, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. ll. further upward movement of the sets serving to force the tubular shanks of the hooks through the holes previously punched in the stock. and. to set the hooks against the anvil plates. Just previous to the setting operation, the hooks are brought into contact with'locating springs 1.20, herein shown as secured to the work support 1 by screws 121, the continued upward movement of the plungers to set the hooks acting to force them beyond said springs. Inasmuch as the set plate 145 is employed to simultaneously actuate the hook setting plun ers and the eyelet setting plungers, and the atter must move slight distance in excess of the former to and from the anvils in the setting operations, the springs 114 are made longer than the springs 9& to provide for such excess motion. From this construction it follows that the springs 114 will continue to yield after the hooks have been set in order to maintain the hooks in contact with the anvil plate until the spindles 86 are completely withdrawn from the eyelets which have been set.

The set plate 145 preferably moves in ideways 151 in the machine frame, and 1s actuated by toggles 146 through rods 148 which are connected with arms 149 keyed to a rockshaft 150, journaled in the machine frame, the rockshaft receiving motion from a cam 160, fast to the shaft 62, through an arm which carries a roll to enga c said cam. The toggles 146 are preferab y connected to adjustable steps 152, movable by screws 153 which are rotatable in bearings 154 secured to the frame of the machine, lock nuts 155 being provided to secure said screws, and hence the toggle steps, in adjusted position. The upward movements of the set plate, effected through the mechanism described, forces the punches and sets against the anvil plates, and in order to offer a suitable amount of resistance to the pressure against said plates, a series of blocks 166, 167 and 168 are provided, the same being secured in a slide 156, preferably in a manner to permit their adjustment or removal, in any approved manner. The slide 156 is mounted for sliding movements in ways 157 on the machine frame, and is actuated toward and from operative position over the anvil plates, when the punches and sets are raised, by toggles 158, through links 159 and bell-crank levers 161, pivoted at 162, links 163, arms 164,cam lever 164;, and cam 165. The toggles 158 are shown as con nected with steps 169 which are slidable in the machine frame, being adjustable therein by means of the screws 170 and set screws 171.

The movements of the various parts of the machine above described are so timed that, upon the completion of each setting operation, the set plate 145 is lowered part way, thereby relieving the pressure upon the sets and withdrawing the same a sufficient distance to permit the removal of the work. The operator then steps on the trcadle to cause the clutch to connect the main shaft 62 and loose pulley, which starts the ma-. chine, during which time he may prepare another shoe quarter therefor; the sets continue their downward motion, and thereafter the carriers are moved to their extreme rear positions, bringing the punches in line with the depressions in the anvil plates, at which point the machine is brought to a stop. When the work is placed in position relatively, to the appropriate gages 6 and 7, as shown in Fig. 8, the operator steps on the treadle again to start the machine, and the set plate rises and forces the punches through the material of the quarter, and is then lowered to permit the punches to be withdrawn. The carriers for the hook sets and one gan of eyelet sets are then moved forward to intermediate position and are arrested by the pins 81, which engage the plates 80 for a sufiicient time to permit the hooks and eyelets to be deposited upon the sets, the cam 160 being shaped to cause the sets to rise slightly at this time to permit the eyelets to be entered by the eyelet set spindles. The pins 81 are then withdrawn, the carriers are moved to their extreme forward position where the sets are below the depressions in the anvil plates, the set plate 145 again rises and sets the hooks and eyelets through the previously punched holes in the quarter, and is then lowered a sufiicient distance to permit removal of the work, when the machine comes to a second stop. During the time that the eyelets are being set on a right hand quarter the eyelet carriers and sets for the left hand quarter are rendered inoperative, and vice versa. This pcsult is accomplished by so shaping the ways or grooves in the cams 77 that the carricrs for the gang of hook sets are advanced to receiving position and to setting position once for every cycle of the machines operation, while each group of carriers for the gangs of eyelet sets is advanced to such positions alternately, once for every two cycles of the'machines operation.

While in the preferred foim of the invention as above described the machine embodies the combination of hook and eyelet setting devices which are so arranged as to carry out, in a practical manner, the desirable result of attaching to a shoe quarter its full equipment of lacing hooks and eyelets at a single operation, it is to be understood that many features of the invention are not limited to use in such combination, but are of general utility in machines for setting hooks, eyelets or other similar fasteners. It is also to be understood that this machine is not limited to use with any particular type of eyelet or lacing hook, as by simple changes in the forms of the raceways andsets, lacing hooks or eyelets of varyin styles or shapes may be set.

In t e modification illustrated in Figs.

33, and 35 of he {hawin w ihe imichine (iwigznml in set hill'lilitililiffiliFiY 1 suitzihle numb-2r rrf swirl of nthrr irrv mx rhaperl anlrts. his). in! rxmnplm lhnxr @crihml in rnmwrliun with the n UOYQIOil by U. S. Leitfli Patent ,Ys Linn-Ll hehrimry :55, 1909. and a. SiilitliJlU Inunhi' -r of circular \j*el0t; in 1L Slim! upper. This machim" may he the same in the FUR situation and made 01' operation n? all of its priiuripzil parts as that .slIOWH in Figi -r-i. l to 3}, inslusive, except for such ifil;HI"-% in the forms of the hoppm'm -:u-e\m \g-a 0 h1g1 dcvicra and punches {H are required to enable thr munl'iine in SW5 21 pin 'aliiy mi rill"- {vrrnt liiihlfi; Hf t \l;.li:lt5.

Hy rcfurrncr to Fig, 232 it will ire ru er] thri' 1hr rim-him iii prwviclml wiih ii lair-rpm to writnin (me himl of 'rlels, AS (n-mp lnr qu-leim w 1 hopper iii-,5 *m (fhllll ill i (lill'rrvht him! U'f eyelets, as um? W3C: Th hopper has :1 11111131101 of h mii landing U: a svries of rmrewa vig 151M rwmeg. the (-y lr-t to the point when-h rnlil'y of e r -irl Wis. cni'istructui in? mini" irrlvisi. arr mmvii i y am my 131%. .liuch 0'? H1050 #:u'rim's H'ilHiuiHE-i u prim-h l l a shapml to punch. lmh zipprw i'i-mu the mils ml the racmmr 7 :mn urn: thou moved by their (.lU'I'lfilS 10 eyelet set [mass 717-3. in

ting); pu-timl hem-nth {hi3 dopr an ttnfil plate 173, (see Figaz 233 und 53 1-). The l'xmJpL-r m :IY'S 1( i\"i[ izlh he llrvliiii n-m 71135. i'w ag'iluiingr hr wrlvhw ziml Hirrvping thmza into the up hauling in ilii rur-vw and {Ear larval m: W mmmtuil upon :1 Hunting 1U( i 916 uhirh is WW!!! :19 victcwhilgf Within thr hw 'i rrr ill wherein lo'nitrii a hrush, H2, slim muunh-d rm the rod. A11 exlensimi (if 'iihr Hill 216 gmss vs tin-hug}: the button m" ihr hnpgwr-r 315 mu? rzzrrhs a? 511'? i i-' through an arm 249 z-iemrreei tn i: howl gear 1'53"? in hr ("lriwn from iiiQ main almli 0i thinmf'himn as in the gireferrml mn mlhwm, 0! tho inwntimh @l'iwfr; :2 rotathim M the l)i'l!S1l\i$-l 2:25 an ill). Thu hopmrr if? has owning; hurling in {he rmxnv: how mnslrliuion iiiillplfri them in Elllll convey the urn] yelut fimn A u-r to the points Where they are 11)" from the Mills 01' i'h-c racmvznf in in thr i312 {are hlii m1 nil ryerd by the Carriers i'rnln ihu raceway?) to fl tting pimiiiinn beneath the 15v riwsinr t 17% in tha anvil plain 173.

1 imiwxnur; 5925 3 and 255.) or the two 7 ryulvts are prel'erzihly sustained 51w piruml HH'HHJ'LBHiS on :1 pin or other n-hing: weppurt, and the rncmva vs .H'ei prmiilmi will! :1 our plate 357 which 3 mistnineil by :1 mm 236 fruit to a shaft 73522 which is arranged to he I'Uifitvid through a'mhir wmnwztions from ill? main shaft of, o mm-hinb, as, for Pxample', the connec- 1 4!; ihml lw rn'lating the shaft 53 prcmrrwl rmvirnciion. The rod 216 n rigid cunnrrliion hehwrn the hop- :'V l null 1H? and the mceways E226 and hrs; liie-wir-r in rigid mnneution, 1'er g v iiihlj', with their hoppers 1hr rotation. all elm mm 1: 11 will serve to impart oscillah iii in flu" vrul Cililfil than; to n: lrvrl (11011;; the raceun w 1n the pointy he? they are to be ih'krci (111' hr l'lw spindles of the. sets.

Hm! m other ij'filli'fi or similar irregular n: are cmliunicnl'l) fed from the racein the Hib in :1 gimn pnsiiium as with hanger dimnwtrrs Approximately at l :ingg hrs t0 the edge of the stock, and :w :vquirrrl l'U he turned after leaving the VHf'il yrs; and hrfm'c hvhig pruwntunl t0 the warilp 'ilfipllzlt f iliilumrug in order that :hrir hinge-r llhilililkfl'rz will he pnrnlh-fl, Or in nl'hrr prilrlvrmined angular relation with E-fiiil mi'grr. f nch-r {hr embodiment nf the in wmirm mm hs ing dcl urihoti it is desired Final the Pi rnhir l yrlets he set along the umrr purtimi 01" ihv frunt edgy of the quar- 1 than the m'nl vyrlhts in: set along .ili 233W ihr lmrer gmrijiinn 1n" the front edge of the li lill'lvlrl. Rm will l e, sevn from Fig. 33, ihs; imwr lmriiml of this edge curved .wrh u ll sgjrirr that :15; the srtiting devices rmh'eun {hie (1TH: u rhts must be turned Vary- Em: liimmurs heh're being presuntwl t0 the mmrirrs in mi'h! that their longer diamei all lie parallel with said Qilgfi. To l \ie; turning 0F i'hr eyelets after they :m: ir uwi uf'i' {rum thr ends of thQ race rays, .l: prvirrnhir omploy e x'ulut sets of 10 mm shown in Fig); 33. wlmse operation @mhsh'intinlly the same as the eyelet sets es rrilml in i'hv lmtirrs Pntmit :ihm'e relhn-w Hi i rm-h rmngn'ier :1 plunwimin which H11 ruin h:

the love surfacu :ihlwih lmving mail lllHDJ in -0+ scriifin iu :igrvr with Thv phangors are 7 far Iron Milling mm'vmvnls in bores *"zlirlll'bh and are normally rr-irarted nor by 1hr sg'nings :1 re confined between 0'? the carrier and a, cullar 182 liked to the plunger. Below the collar 182, is a strong spring i83, the same be ing confined between the first collar and a sliding collar IS-l which is retained upon the plunger by a suitable enlargement, such as a screw-head. lVith the exception of the particular scape of the eyelet-set spindle, the parts just described are the same as those illustrated in Fig. 17. The turning of the plunge-rs to effect the changes in the positions of the eyelets is accomplished by constructing each plunger with a groove 178, composed of two straight portions and an intermediate inclined. portion, and by providing a pin 179, on each carrier, to enter and coiiperate with the groove in its plun er.

ll en the plunger-s 176*, through the set plate 2&0 and its actuating mechanism, are caused to rise in order that their spindles may pick the eyelets from the ends of the raceways 9.59, the distance traveled by the plungers is sufiicicnt only to permit the pins 179 to move from the n iiper to the lower ends of theuppcr straight portions of slots 17$, and hence no turning movements are imported to the plungers. Upon the second upward movement of the plungers to cll'ect the setting of the eyelets the plungers, during the pa rt of such movement which is represented hy the length of the upper straight portions of the slots, will be restrained from turning, but as soon as the inclined sections of the slots reach the pins, the plungors will be turned axially the ap propriate distances to position the fasteners with their longer axes parallel with the edge of the stock. and the plungers will be held in the axial positions to which they have been turned, by the engagement of the lower straight portions of the slots with the pins during the final, or eyelet-clenching, part of their movement.

The shafts .320 and 680 correspond, respectively, with the shafts 62 and 23 of the machine illustrated in Figs, 1 to 30, inclu sive, and the machine may be provided with the same form of controlling mechanism, and with the same cams and connections as the latter. The parts being so construct ed and arranged, it follows that when the operator first steps on the treadle the group of carriers sustaining the gangof sets for circular eyelets together with a group of carriers sustaining one of the gangs of sets for oval eyelets will he moved rearwardly to position the punches thereon properly for punching holes in the stock, and when he again steps on the trcadle the punches on said carriers will. be actuated to punch the holes. Upon retraction of the punches, these carriers will next he moved to intermediate position to enable the sets to pick eyelets from the ends of their raceways, following which the carriers will be moved to position the sets beneath the depressions in the anvil plate; and, finally, the sets will be actuated to simultaneously force the circular eye its and. the oval eyelets throu h the punched holes, and to set them in t e material of the quarters. The operator may then remove this quarter, present another ipiarter to the machine, and again actuate the treadle twice, at the points in the o eration of the machine above described, w ereupon the mechanism will. automatically cause the carriers sustaining the gang of shts for the circular eyelets and the carriers sustaining the other gang of sets for oval eyelets to perform the same series of operations. It will thus be seen that first one and then the other quarter may be presented to the machine in alternation, and they will be supplied, in turn, with both kinds of eyelets whose relative positions thereon will be automatically controlled, the operator locating each quarter so presented. to the ap propriate set of gages therefor, as in the ..1.ircferrcd construclion hcrctotore described.

Having thlts described my invention, what I claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. la a machine of the class described, the combination with devices for setting a gang of hooks, of devices for setting a gang of eyelets arranged in successive relation to the hook setting devices, said hook and eyelet setting devices being constructed for sin'lultaneous operation.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with hook setting means and eyelet setting inc-ans arranged. in successive relation and constructed and adapted for setting all of the hooks and eyelets in a shoe quarter at a single operation, of actuating mechanism for said means.

In a machine of the class described, the con'ibination with means for setting a gang oi hooks and means for setting a gang of eyelets in successive relation thereto along the front eilge of a shoe quarter, of devices for respectively feeding hooks and eyelets to said. means, and actuating mechanism constructed and arranged to cause the hooks and eyelets to be set at a single operation.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a plurality of hook setting devices and a plurality of eyelet setting devices arranged in sue ssive relation, oi means for simultaneously operating said devices, and gaging means to position the work so that the books will be set in the upper portion and the eyelets in the lower portion of the frontedge of a shoe quarter.

Tn a machine of the class described, the combination with a work support, of means for setting a gang of hooks and a gang of eyelets at a single operation in a shoe quarter, and. means for so positioning the work relatively .to the setting means that the hooks Will be set along the upper portion of the edge of the quarter and the eyelets will be set along the lower portion of said edge.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a work support, of n plurality of hook setting devices and. a pll'lliility of eyelet setting devicesarranged for simultaneous operation. and means to so control. the positiongof the Work that the hooks will be settin the upper portion and the eyelets in the lower portion of the front edge of a shoe quarter.

7. In a machine 'of the class describecil, the

combination with an ork support having an-o' vils to cooperate with a series of hook sets and an'vils to cooperate with a series of eye let sets, the said sets and their a n vils being so arranged that hooks will be not in the upper front edge and eyelets in the lower front edge of a shoe quarter, and means for simultaneously actuating all of said sets.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a work support sustaining a plurality of anvils, of hook setting: means and eyelet setting means arranged for simultaneous operation in connection therewith, and means to so control the posiiion of the work relatively to said means that the hooks will be set in the upper portion and the eyelets in the lower portion of the front edge of a shoe quarter.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with means for simultaneously setting a plurality of hooks and a plurality of eyelets in a shoe quarter, of means for controlling the position of the upper relatively to said. means so that the hooks will be set in the upper portion and the eyelets in the lower portion of the front edge of the quarter.

10; In a machine of the class described, the combination with a. work suppc'irt carrying separated means to coo icrata. respco tively, with two gangs of setting devices in clenching eyelets, and intermediate means to cooperate with a gang of setting devices in clenching hooks, of gangs of setting devices for the eyelets and hooks and mechanism to actuate the hook setting devices and one gang of eyelet setting devices during each operation of the machine, the gang's of eyelet setting devices being alternately actuated.

ll. In a machine of the class described the combination with a Work support of spaced eyelet setting means and hook setting means intermediate said eyelet setting means, and means to simultaneously position a shoe quarter relatively to one of tho eyelet setting means and the hook setting means.

12. In a machine of the class described. the combination with a work support, of spaced eyelet setting anvils and a hook setting anvil intcnnediate said eyelet setting anvils and having its hook-receiving face arranged below the planethcreof.

13. in a machine of the class described, the ;'.;-nibinatiou with. a work support of spaced rye-let setting means and hook selling means intermediate said. \olct setting manner and in determine the position "1r quarter relatively to either of the tj''i i'fil setting; moans conjointly with the hook setting means.

l t. in a machine of the class described, the combination with a work support, of spaced eye et setting means and hook setting; means intermediate said. eyelet setting means. a gage for dciern'lining the position of a right quarter, a gage for determining Ilie position of a left quarter, and mechanism for alternately moving said gages into and out of operative position.

15. In a iii-achinc of the class iii-scribed, the combination with a work support, of spaced eyelet setting means and hook setting means intermediate said eyelet setting means; a gage for determining the position of a right quarter, a gage for determining the position of a left quarter, niecl'ianism for actuating; the hook setting means alternately with each of the eyelet setting means, and mechanism for alternately moving said gages into and out of operative position.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a work support having its work-receiving face formed to per mit the removal. of WOl'k having .t'astcucgs set therein, of an anvil sustained by said Work support and having its fastener receiving surface facing toward said Work support and spaced therefrom.

17. in a machine of the class described, the combination with a work support provided'ivitli grooves in the face thereof, of an anvil sustained by said work support and having: its fastener-rcceiving surface opposed to said face and spaced therefrom.

18. in a machine of the class described, the combination with a Work support provided with grooves in the face thereof, of anvils sustained by said work support and provided with depressions located in. substantial alincment with and facing toward said grooves.

19. In a machine of the class described. the combination with a Work support providcd with grooves in the face thereof, of anvils sustained by said Work support and provided with depressions located in substantial alinement with said grooves, and

setting devices to cooperate with said do pressions in setting fasteners.

20. In a machine of the class described. the combination with a Work support andanvils sustained thereby, of hook setting de- 'vices and eyeletrsetting devices constructed for operation in connection with said anthe combination with iniopemivnf gages; for

determining; the poaitions of right anal i ft quarters relatively to a plurality of getting devices, of antmnatic mechanism for alter nately moving: mid gages info and outv of operative position, and, mums, to wntroi the amount of nmvement imparted m sni i gngu by said mechanism.

In a marhine ofihrwi'iss (iESLZiiJL"Li.iLi1Q roniiilinirtion r. it!) hon-i Hitting moans and {NIP iniisuiting'moans nrr; gwi ran-rt a t-humility o? hooks: and a Jilll'niii of oyvizn in e urn-unshareintion oflnm'iunisnifor' min; iiri moans; info setting n ition :nse iiinrunfiu iii-- niuitnneousiv actuating f-Jliii means to rift u piuruiity oi ilntlks and a pisirriiity of awiota in stock at a single operaiion.

.53. In a nnurhine 111' the Moss (inscribed. the omnbination with n i inrniiq hook setting! devices and :1 pinraiirv of Qjyill ting iimices arranged in we siw re. of mechanism for moving mm? doa'iues into sofiing: position and for ziuerenft-ozr Lufhleli ing said ii virvs Silllllit'nIWHUHijJ Lo sit-t riiiit'j of inn :uni :i gaiumiaiy of 5;; 100] at :i :m gin n wratinn.

521. In ii naraz-ixino of i z the combination i-i'h i\\ Sets and :1. uin of :lencribech oi 31 1M wt and to set up ing! in min-r snppurtmi oi ini'i'isw bur.

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to punch the stock and thereafter to actuate said sets to i a; the eyelets and hooks in the punched holes.

In a machine of the class described, the: crmnbination with an anvil, of a raceway for supplying fasteners, a carrier member susmining (1 punch and a setting device, merhanism for moving said carrier first to innate the nmuh in operative relation'to the anvil, then to locate the setting device in position for receiving va fastener, and finziiiy in innate sairi device in operative relation to the anvil, and moans to actuate said punch and setting device.

'39. in a nmchino of the class described the combination with 11 work support, of carriers sustaining a gang: of sefing devices, yieiiiing moans for actuating S5136} carriers i more, mi seizing devices into and out of setting 1H .-iion, and inenns austained by he work supuort for determining the ex- },ent of said movements.

3i). In a, machine of the class described. the vombinntion with :1 work support, of a plurality of carriers each sustaining a punch mid 2! setting ciev 1o. yielding means for act Ming said carriers to alternately move mid punuhm. and suiting: devices into and out of opemiivo position relatively to the work .snmtmrt, and menus sustained by said work uymnrt for determining said Inove- Hi fflil n.

I11 A. nnmiiine of the class dvncrihod, having in crimiiiixmtion :1 work support, a pinof ranaways to :inppiy fastonfirs, .mlity of. cnrrivm each silhtaining :1 setinvite; yioiriing; means for :zotuating o movethosottin' 1 rim-as from in [215M119], dotting posir mama: m the work supmn the Fzmonrrimtting posiin to iirta crniine ",5 of i326; 1111" a m ni r i'iriiiii iil; 12155513115 for no- Ln n'lnwo the punches 1 aim and to i'm'n'e. the

id 'fzisienors in the punched on the ork support to "ENEIE i'EiZUI and nntonoz o c rcawith a work support of i 4 wppw-fing :1 gang of set-- ifilfl (im MP3 1 imnlinn's heing arranged or nimvmen to (ii-1T1) the setting devices into and out of wi-ttng ponition and also for Eaten movenwnts to vary the. spacing of 

